Manual page for dpkg-query does not tell possible values for Status format variables.

Bug #1532407 reported by Jarno Suni
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Bug Description

Manual page for dpkg-query does not tell possible values for status format variable called Status and for variables db:Status-{Want,Status,Eflag}. Manual page for dpkg tells the values excluding "ok" for EFlag. At least reference to there should be told, if the values are not listed in the manual page for qpkg-query.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-23.28-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Jan 9 10:33:37 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-21 (48 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jarno Suni (jarnos) wrote :
tags: added: manpage
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